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silly-songs-with-saph · 3 months

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I still can't clean out my suitcase because the clothes still smell like you and your room.

#i may have kept one of your hoodies #i just #i just couldnt bring myself to put it in your suitcase #i wore it last night #i used it as a pajama shirt #i avoided the whisky too #and just made one of my favorites #why is so much of me connected to you #it hurts so much #and i'll constantly be haunted #on if i made the correct choice

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zytes · 6 months

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this manatee looks like it’s in a skyrim loading screen

#misc #I encourage anyone dyslexic to try rotating him in your mind. I can’t do that; which is why I’m asking you to.#also: a bunch of tags are surprised this isn’t ‘shopped #it’s the lighting. backlit by the sun (which is diffused through the water) but also forelit artificially #the artificial light - a flash pack or something - casts a hard shadow under the creatures arm #which normally wouldn’t be possible if backlit by the SUN; you’d see a less-hard/more-fragmented shadow above water #as light sources ‘compete’ in a sense - and since there aren’t any light sources which can outshine the literal sun #it looks a bit weird when the darkest shadow is being cast from any other origin point - which is what’s essentially happening here #I don’t know the mechanics of how light travels through water; but I know the effect is substantial even with relatively short distances #also: it’s been balanced and color corrected by the author of the photo - who made deliberate choices to bring out the full potential #so it’s not like it’s a fresh and untouched export #but the kind of ‘tacked on’ appearance of the creature is a result of the lighting conditions within the image

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nancywheeeler · 1 year

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hopeless time loop. the way out isn’t to save everyone. the way out isn’t to save even one person. the way out isn’t to change anything. the way out is accepting how it happened the first time is how it always will be. that’s how you acted, that’s how they acted, that’s how you would have acted every time if you weren’t given the curse of hindsight. the way out is accepting you can’t fix the past; you can only forgive yourself for it.

#there's this game i love called little hope that plays with these ideas (though not with a time loop)#i do love time loops narratives that explore how a person is confronted with their life and their choices #when forced to live the same day over and over again #and i LOVE time loops that try to reverse mistakes made and lives lost #but to see a character put themselves through loops upon loops upon loops #trying to rectify past mistakes (especially in the case where people died) only to be confronted with the reality it isn't working #and even in a loop where they save everyone the loop just resets #because the universe is essentially saying 'no that isn't how it happened and you know that's not how it happened'#it compels me!#i feel similarly about time travel where time 'fights back'#like this idea that there is a central timeline that time does not like being diverted from #so it will try to course correct itself #you save lincoln from an assassination only for him to die in a train crash #it's a cool way to confront the idea of fate #anyway all tragedies are hopeless time loops thank you for coming to my ted talk #a shout into the void #1k

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leeblissy · 4 months

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*by this I just mean those who currently are or have previously been in LAIOS' adventuring party, not your favorite OVERALL character! please feel free to put your favorite of all time in the tags! also I'm keeping the poll sp*iler free for those who just wanna watch the anime so I KNOW I've missed party members!

#dungeon meshi #dunmeshi #delicious in dungeon #laios touden #marcille donato #senshi of izganda #chilchuck tims #laios dungeon meshi #marcille dungeon meshi #senshi dungeon meshi #chilchuck dungeon meshi #think for ME rn it's chilchuck I just think he's so fucking funny but thats absolutely viable to change as I watch the anime cuz #I think when we get to senshis backstory I'm gonna scream and cry and throw up #EDIT: JUST REALIZED I MADE THE POLL LAST A DAY ONLY 😭😭😭😭#oh well I might remake it once the anime is further in #like of course the anime onlys are gonna disproportionately vote for chilchuck- he just had a whole episode about him LMAO #CORRECT choice obviously but let's let em cook

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its-leethee · 8 months

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I am so accustomed to seeing the adults in children's media portrayed as antagonistic obstacles for the child protagonists to outwit and overcome. So, I really appreciate how in The Dragon Prince, Callum, Ezran, and Rayla are able to approach and rely upon the adults, strangers even, that they meet during their journey. The specific examples I want to talk about are both from 1x07: the doctor and the mercenary.

When Ezran and Callum meet the doctor, he is genuinely concerned for the boys, even though he can tell that they're not being completely upfront with him. He gives them his hospitality and listens without judgement or reproach while they tell him about the accident with the egg. When he realizes his expertise is inadequate, he keeps his promise not to tell on them, and points them towards hope.

Rayla's meeting with the mercenary is more tense; he is understandably skeptical of her intentions after she chases and corners him in an alley. But when he realizes her sincerity, he heeds her plea for help. His words ("but it'll burn you") and his body language (his hesitation, his worried facial expression) belie his empathy - at least, until he sees that she's an elf, and his prejudice overcomes him.

I also want to give a mention to Villads and Lujanne, who stepped up as mentors/guides for the trio, and offered their assistance, advice, and kindness without expectations of recompense.

In reality, most people are good and want to do right by others(1). The vast majority of the strangers and people you meet are not scheming, nefarious opportunists-in-waiting. If you approach with vulnerability and ask someone for help, they will honestly try to assist you.

I just find it such a refreshing, appropriately wholesome take. Grownups aren't out to get you, kids. As someone who was raised in the "stranger danger" era, I am glad to have tdp's more nuanced and honest version of reality to show and discuss with my own children.

#the dragon prince #1x07 #affectionate #tdp rant #i guess that's what this is #(1) source: me and my correct belief in human goodness #i just keep thinking abt. the writers made that choice. to have the kids get help from strangers #first time i watched i was waiting for a trick or condescension or ulterior motives. and it just. didn't happen that way. SO nice #mine #tdp analysis

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rorah · 5 months

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For the DimilethExchange 🫰 My gift for AvaritiaFf (is Avaritia here on tumblr dot com?)

The ecchi rom-com manga is here too. Some silly Hopes Onsen shenanigans. This time with a quick attempt of a flashy cover 💗✨ ENJOY!

The main post is here. IT has a second chapter (and MAYBE, there's the possibility of a continuation.... But it's not set in stone yet)

#dimitri alexandre blaiddyd #byleth eisner #shez fire emblem #dimileth #fire emblem #fire emblem warriors 3 hopes #dimilethexchange #I am hoping tmblr doesnt ban this bc butts #bc last time I left tumblr almost everything was taken down for supposedly be “inappropriate”#manga art #b/w comic #I had a really fun time doing this #and it's silly and basic but I made it with love 💖#Here between us I desperately wanted a beta to correct my basic dialog skills >_>#And choice of words #I am still concerned about it tbh #But time was limited and chose to just let it be as imperfect as it is

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like-sands-of-time · 5 months

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And they were dyads

Oh my god they were dyads

#still so shook about how they have some force created soulmate shit going on and we got like the absolute bare minimum building w that #between rey and ben.. other in universe examples and their effects on the pair.. them ever really working together except the one time cmon #what even was that last film #dont get me wrong i didnt hate a lot of what happened but choices were made and they were not correct #also .. i fully see hux as wanting to destroy kylo but no fucking way hes going straight to the resistance with info whaaa #he cares that kylo loses but he absolutely wants to control the first order fleets still dont act like he doesnt #star wars #reylo

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bardofavon · 4 months

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thinking a lot about how fatal flaws are misconstrued as being moral failings when actually hamartia is a moral neutral.

the best kind of fatal flaw, in my opinion, is one that’s both a character’s greatest strength and biggest weakness at the same time. it needs to be their biggest weakness intertwined like vines with what makes them admirable. it’s their very virtues that bring them to ruin!!! it’s something they can be lauded for that spells their death!!

it’s macbeth’s ambition. it’s oedipus’s loyalty to his state and unending thirst for truth and justice. it’s hamlet’s obsessive contemplation and wish to make sure his every decision is the right one. it’s being loyal to the point of blindness or confident to the point of hubris.

in any other story they could succeed because of these traits, but they aren’t in any other story, and in theirs it’s exactly what damns them.

#IN THIS ESSAY I WILL—#the thoughts I have while writing fanfiction. anyway.#classics #Greek literature #Shakespeare #poetics #look I know this idea is debated but I still think I am correct #me talking about Aristotle’s poetics in 2024 like it’s anime discourse #LOOK ITS DRIVEN EVERY WRITING CHOICE IVE MADE SINCE 2014 OF COURSE I HAVE THOUGHTS

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andromerot · 7 months

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someone needs to do a study on fiction podcast fandom twitters racial headcanons for characters. literally how did they all decide unanimously that jonathan sims was south asian

#i understand for example. what went wrong in the penumbra podcast fandom #a fanartists interpretation was made canon thats a process we can understand #i believe that happened with the adventure zone too though i ne #never listened to it. however THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES???? cause it wasnt just jon there were pretty widespread opinions on the diverse ethnic #characters portrayed by a mostly white cast #just fascinated by the seemingly aleatory and pseudo colorblind so called collective choices and how they cemented themselves #as singularly correct #mostly tma cause i dont like it but it happened everywhere #like we can admit as mabel fans we were mostly drawing janet kirk as a woc until lolo was like youre so white janet

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kindahoping4forever · 1 year

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AshtonIrwin94: More of You - Chris Stapleton 🤠

#HE CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS DOT GIF #5sos #5 seconds of summer #ashton irwin #ashton #video #tiktok #kh4f post #i really appreciate him returning to tiktok almost immediately after i made the very correct mental health choice to stop using that app #IT'S ALL VERY APPROPRIATE ISN'T IT SIR #😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭#why is he just like. so. 😩. you know?#ok we get the earring in frame today too.#rude #👁️👄👁️#ai cover songs

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extradimensional-catboy · 8 days

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Well, well!

Look who’s finally back in town! Hello again, world! What did I miss?

#Hello!! It’s been a hot minute #hasn’t it #It’s been a long road #in this dimension and in the ones I fixate on.#It’s been a whole year. Crazy #I had just wanted to roleplay as and doodle my favourite lil catboy/lighthearted teasing #Then I became a part of the community #My nature as a partial lurker never really went away #And my fixation on this franchise has taken a bit of a backseat lately #But I’ve grown so much as a person cause of this site #My initial discovery of Kirby ask blogs #The beginning of my true attempts at digital art #Discovering of the full extent of the lgbtq+ community (hey #And that’s only in my earliest days!#I learned how to navigate around twists and turns to outsmart login walls!#I figured out a goal for my future!#I learned how to socialize after years of limited social connection!#I picked up a certain penchant for chaos and mischief •`w•#And I found people I belong with.#I know that social media frequently leads to hurt. But for me? I’ve grown #a place where I belong. So that choice I made?#Yeah #I chose correct.#magolor #kirby #tw: eyestrain #ask blog #Long post #but only in the tags

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nextinline-if · 1 year

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I'm tired of watching creators get stepped on (with a clarified statement regarding the forum poster)

I don't frequent this forum - I went here to investigate pirating. Several people have insisted that the person going by the COG founder's name is not actually him, so here's my updated post. I retract that it's Dan but not what else I said. I still stand by what I said.

Hi, it's me, your friendly Vi with something on my mind. Unfollow if you will but I gotta speak my mind on behalf of the authors who spend countless hours creating the games that bring you joy. Sure, I've been away from Tumblr so I'm probably late to this but oh well. Still decided to post this.

I moved my game to Twine in August because I don't want to be associated with Choice of Games (COG). Here's a great example of why...

People in a forum asking for and sharing pirated content from indie creators' Patreons.

The author saw it and responded:

[ID: A snippet of what the text reads. Please take this down. This is just...really not cool guys. My hands are trembling as I right this, because I'm both hurt and stunned that someone would take *everything* from my Patreon and post it. If you ever want - redacted game name - to get finished, then try not to do things that will cause me to have a breakdown. Please. /ID]

Here's the response from someone going by COG's founder's name (per screenshots below - apparently it's not him but I do wonder why he lets someone use his name or isn't aware?):

I know this image is small, so here's what it reads:

"Let me tell you something, those who haven't subscribed to your patreon isn't magically gonna subscribe if they don't get stories elsewhere, and those who have already did that means they care about you and I'm pretty damn sure they aren't gonna unsubscribe anytime soon. If something anything changes due to the leaks then it's your popularity, readers are gonna be more interested in your titles and perhaps once they have enough money then they can even subscribe and donate that money to you, right now many members of this forum don't have enough resources to purchase things online such as patreon subscription, hence they had to rely on leaks to sate their excitement of reading the stories. Do think about it, from their perspective and if you can then try to make old stories and demo available for public this way they may not needs to rely on leaks and will read from official source.

Sincerely, Dan Fabulich"

What I said originally when I thought it was Dan: The guy is probably a millionaire (or, at the very least, well off compared to most indie creators) and he has the nerve to create an entitled response like this to an INDIE AUTHOR who uses choicescript.... wow. To an author who yes, has a pretty good following but is spending 1000s of hours creating for the enjoyment of others.

New statement: It's still fucking the way this person is speaking to an indie author. Still seems odd to allow a forum to use your name (and also basically insinuate it is supported by your company)...I would certainly be angry. But then again, I'm not rich and living off indie authors' work.

He (still) has more money than most of us indie authors ever have in his pocket from creating a company that pays pennies to the writers who make it money. People who just rely on passion to create these stories. Even if you make money on Patreon, most people cannot be sustained full-time. Most of the pirated content is not from bigger authors (but some is).

And before anyone says anything, yes, I am aware that many people can't afford Patreon and "don't want to wait." I get it. I promise you, I know the struggle. But like, it's fucking entitled to think you deserve to read someone's work without their permission.

And it's fucking entitled to throw the authors that pay for your lifestyle under the bus. (I still believe the company does this).

I am SO grateful to the majority of you out there who are kind, supportive, and overall amazing. But this is not okay!

Vi, out.

P.S. as an anon suggested, I will try to contact Dan to see if he's aware of this person using his name to make statements like this

#edited statement #stand by what i said but made relevant corrections #still think its fishy #again just my opinion #if you like COG great #i dont and thats my choice #i feel my reasons are valid. this forum is scummy regardless

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mokutone · 1 year

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I kind of adore how in ur tags you're talking about his foot position being off and everyone (including me) in the tags is too busy being memorized by tenzō's arm and armpit hair to notice or comment.

ITS REALLY FUNNY!!! AND HONESTLY KINDA HEARTWARMING!!!! I LOVE IT!!!! LMFAOOOO also u + everyone else is right body hair is sick as HELL!!!! its easy to forget to add onto drawings too

#yamswers #icouldreallyuseanewurl #this drawing isnt of kakashis body hair bc i tack on already-drawn things to ask answers. but i feel like u in specific will enjoy it #bc of the kakashi back of the head hair getting ruffled LMFAO #anyway yeah #it reminds me vaguely like. back when i was 16 and first came out as trans i made the intentional choice to grow out my leg hair #and i didnt pass at all so people asked a LOT of questions abt it + whenever they did #my response was always “its gorgeous. i tend to it lovingly. like a garden”#16 yr old me had confidence and a sense of humor for sure LMFAO #genuinely i love it its sooo funny to me. hello body hair enjoyers. ur objectively correct. body hair is so fun to draw too bc it kind of?#grows in swirls? like obvs theres the swirl on the top of the head. but there are directional swirls at the elbow...the belly...the chest..#dont even get me started on facial hair swirls. for people who love drawing lines i think bodyhair is REALLY good #image desc in alt text

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neddea · 1 year

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...a friend asked me if I could draw Vashwood in cowboy outfits and now this is seducing me way too much

Anyway have some cowboy Vash sketches

#trigun #vash the stampede #fanart #cowboy #steampunk #kinda #neddea #my art #at some point this will become vashwood but for now I just have Vash #I should be sleeping but choices were made #the correct choice is of course Trigun #Trigun maximum #trigun stampede #TriStamp

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tlcartist · 3 months

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What a difference 3 years makes

#my art #art #illustration #digital art #queer art #queer #lgbtqia #trans #correction the one on the right is the updated version in my current style lmao #hi I promise I know my left from my right #anyway as someone who used to severely suffer from same face/body syndrome I’m just really proud of the progress I’ve made #I was a pretty shit artist for a long time and tried to pass it off as a ‘stylistic choice’ lol #but we’ve all got to start somewhere

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sofigrace · 1 year

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unpopular opinion

while orym is correct on his hate for ludinus he is also incredibly biased

If ludinus was pro-gods and instead did all the things he did to open the divine gate so the gods can be free and closer to their believers, orym would still be against him

I think the part of the fandom that have him as the "only morally correct blorbo" are being extremely reductive to his character.

#liam himself has said that orym can't be objective about this #for obvious reasons #and i love his choices #but the fandoms wants him to be perfect so much #that ignore that most of his stances come from a place of grief rather than reason #it just happens that his stances align with what people think it's morally correct #critical role spoilers #critical role #cr discourse #orym of the air ashari #orym discourse #he's angry and biased and i love him for it #sofigrace #this is also why law workers aren't allowed to work on a case if a close one is involved #and i think keyleth might have made a mistake in involving him in the investigation of his family's murder #but i can forgive that cause maybe he was the best for the job

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